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The faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities has introduced the LUCE funding scheme, a new initiative aimed at fostering innovative and interdisciplinary research within the School of Humanities. While the funding is restricted to researchers affiliated with the School of … Continue reading
Are you preparing a Horizon Europe or NWO proposal? Strengthen it by including Nebula, the VU Network Institute’s dedicated computational facility for research with generative AI and large language models (LLMs). Nebula offers secure access to 1,500+ open-source LLMs, dedicated … Continue reading
Textual programming made easy with Hedy! The Network Institute is proud to share news about a project developing the Hedy programming language, to which three student assistants – Sami, Deveny, and Floris – funded by the NI, have been making … Continue reading
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
Deadline June 13th, 2025 at 23.59 pm The Network Institute’s (NI) Academy Assistants program (NIAA) is now entering its 15th year. Initially funded through a KNAW grant and aimed at combining social sciences and computer science research, it has since … Continue reading
Since 2017, the Network Institute has proudly been a member of the DBpedia Association, contributing to one of the most impactful projects in the Linked Open Data ecosystem. This partnership reflects our commitment to open knowledge, data sharing, and supporting … Continue reading
Exploring the Future of Fairness and Privacy with Synthetic Data: Insights from Our Workshop Last Tuesday the Network Institute had the pleasure of hosting a Network Institute-awarded workshop in collaboration with Inclusive AI lab which brought together academics, industry professionals … Continue reading
As researchers, the primary means of communication to our scientific peers is via scientific publications. The Network Institute facilitates our researchers in this, either via direct funding, or by providing experimental equipment, organizing match-making events, etc. Click here if you are … Continue reading
The Network Institute is proud to announce six new Academy Assistant Projects for the 2024-2025 academic year. Each project is led by two researchers from different disciplines who can hire two Student Assistants (usually master’s students) to work on the … Continue reading
Greetings everyone! This is Lara Baseggio and Radu Nicolae joining the Networking Institute as technology developers for the following year. We are excited to embark in this journey and be part of the multidisciplinary research hub, hosted here, at the … Continue reading
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
The institute is looking for new members for its operational teams, if you are interested in joining us, contact us at this email address: network.institute.beta@vu.nl. The profile we are looking for is: young researcher (from PhD candidate to associate prof) … Continue reading
The new call for the Network Institute Research Visits program is just open! The program offers scholars the opportunity to spend up to one month at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam to conduct research on the themes of digital society in … Continue reading
The workshop on Digital Nomads – Living in a Society of Digital Employees will discuss how society, employers and employees may deal with the new way of working in the digital society, and how to contribute from a scientific perspective. … Continue reading
Please join us at the Connecting Worlds Conference on 30th June and 1st July 2022. The Connecting Worlds Conference brings together VU researchers in the broad theme of the Connected World with guests from abroad from VU’s many international cooperation … Continue reading
The Network Institute is organizing TED Talk training sessions in May in which participants will learn how to make their message more accessible and convincing when speaking in public. The presentation skills you will gain are immediately useful for several … Continue reading
VU Amsterdam and UTwente jointly launched an internal call for proposals. The aim is to stimulate the link between education and research and to give a boost to our collaboration. Applications can be submitted up until March 15. Read more … Continue reading